I'll lie to myself
I'll lie to myself
I'll lie down here
I'll lie down here
I'll lie down beside you
I'll lie down beside you
I'll believe in myself
I'll believe in a lie
I'll cut off my right hand and stand in your shadow
I'll lie to myself
I'll lie to myself
I'll crawl all over myself and stand in your shadow
I'll crawl all over myself and stand in your arms
I'll lie to myself
Let me go
Let me go
I'll lie to myself
I'll lie down here
I'll lie down here
I'll lie down beside you
I'll lie down beside you
I'll believe in myself
I'll believe in a lie
I'll cut off my right hand and stand in your shadow
I'll lie to myself
I'll lie to myself
I'll crawl all over myself and stand in your shadow
I'll crawl all over myself and stand in your arms
I'll lie to myself
Let me go
Let me go
It's about emotional servitude. Great, freaky song. One of the first sung Swans songs, next to the single B-sides.
Quote from an interview with Gira: "Well, that song was specifically about love, about the idea of losing yourself in another person, what a futile venture that is and yet how simultaneously desirable it is. It's about how you negate yourself in the process."